Gyanvapi Case: Whether there will be carbon dating of Shivling, decision may come today

National Desk:
Varanasi court will pronounce its verdict today on a petition seeking carbon dating of a “Shivling”, claimed to be found on the Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh. Petitioners belonging to the Hindu community had claimed that a “Shivling” was found close to “wazookhana”, a small reservoir used by Muslim devotees to perform ritual ablutions before offering namaz. The Muslim community had said that the object was part of the “fountain”, reported PTI.
The “Shivling” was allegedly found during a video survey carried out in the mosque premises on orders of a lower court earlier this year.
District Government Counsel Mahendra Pratap Pandey had said that arguments on the plea were completed on Tuesday and the verdict will be delivered today.
In September, four Hindu petitioners had filed a plea seeking “scientific investigation” of the “Shivling”, saying it was necessary to determine its age. They further claimed the idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses are inside the mosque’s premises.
Carbon dating is a scientific process to find the age of an object, and is frequently used in archeological finds, such as fossils.